Web standards and browsers have been great at providing a common platform for web and SaaS app delivery. The browser has become a primary interface for users to get work done.
However, there are many gaps the modern enterprise needs to address, including:
- Access to internal web apps: Today, this often requires a VPN, which can introduce security risk.
- Single Sign-On (SSO): Users need an SSO solution to reduce logins, and IT needs multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement.
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Standard browsers do not control copy/paste, downloads, printing, and screen capture, which can be a present a risk for critical apps, especially on BYOD devices.
- Keylogger Protection: Devices may have keystroke loggers installed, enabling bad actors to steal employee credentials or sensitive corporate data.
- Malware and Ransomware Protection: Users who click links in a standard browser could unknowingly install malware that can lead to ransomware attacks.
- Phishing Protection: Users can click links that lead them to phishing sites that capture user credentials.
- Analytics: Standard browsers do not provide analytics to understand security risk, performance, or app utilization.
- Browsing: Standard browsers do not control or block all risky URLs or enforce corporate policies.
Organizations can address some of the gaps with a mix of third-party solutions that include additional clients, cloud brokers, and also managed PCs (which do not work for BYOD use cases). An enterprise browser can offer a great solution for security, performance, and user productivity, enabling IT to manage these issues in the browser that’s accessing and rendering the apps.
Citrix Enterprise Browser is a Chromium-based enterprise browser that is embedded with Citrix Workspace app and is part of the Citrix Secure Private Access solution, which provides zero trust, VPN-less access to web and SaaS apps. it closes the gaps above and enforces policies at the optimal spot in the flow — the browser. Adaptive authentication, also included with Citrix Secure Private Access can interrogate the client posture, enabling appropriate contextual controls for BYOD devices as well as managed PCs.
Based on policy, web and SaaS apps can launch in the local containerized Citrix Enterprise Browser to optimize cost and performance or, as required, launch and run in Citrix Secure Browser service, the Citrix Cloud-hosted remote browser isolation (RBI) solution. Together, this enables Citrix to provide a comprehensive solution for the enterprise to get work done securely.
Learn more about Citrix Enterprise Browser and Citrix Secure Private Access in Citrix Tech Zone.
